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Abstract: The paper presents the results of research of surface water and sediment contamination by the specific pollutants in the Klabava River Basin, subcatchment of Vltava River in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic. The analysis of spatial and temporal dynamics of the contamination is based on the water and sediment chemistry data from the long-term monitoring maintained by the Vltava River Authority completed by the own monitoring established in the Klabava River basin. The research revealed that the most important water and sediment contamination loads are mainly concentrated in the industrial area between cities Hrádek and Rokycany situated on downstream of the river basin. The performed analysis identified the cadmium as the most critical parameter as its concentrations in surface water exceeded the references limits up to several hundred times. However, pollution with the specific organic substances was still below the critical limit, except for the AOX indicator. The results of sample-taking in the river basin allowed analyzing the effect of extreme flood in August 2002 on the changes in the sediment load by heavy metals. Contaminated sediments were mostly washed out by the inundation and this resulted in significantly lower values than were observed in the previous seasons. Repeated observations however indicate that the pollution concentrations are gradually reaching their original values. |
